Some of Earl Jones’ victims are dissatisfied with the sentence of 11 years handed down to him yesterday. Even his own brother says he can rot in hell. But here we run up against the limits of human frailty: the man is 67, an age at which a lengthy sentence truly becomes a life term, especially if the perpetrator is not well: punishment can only go so far.

Danish urbanists have come to look at Montreal and give a critique of our car-loving ways, focusing particularly on the relatively new square around Parc metro in Park Ex. Required reading for local urbanists.

In general, the transit minister wants to see more money put into public transit to follow up on its growing popularity (although I tend to suspect the recent increase may have more to do with a tightening of belts in response to the recession than a general resolve to live in a more environmentally sustainable way).